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  • Man is killed, woman badly hurt in Route 33 crash

    Head-on collision in Millstone By:Joseph Harvie    MILLSTONE — One person died and another suffered serious injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident Tuesday on Route 33 in Millstone.    State police said Wayne O. Gordon, 42, of Manalapan was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and Laurie A. Hochberg, 48, of West…

  • THIS WEEK

    For the week of July 9-15 All Week    Artist Exhibit: The paintings of artist Robert Hummel will be on display in the entrance lobby of the Cranbury Inn Restaurant on Main Street through July 31.    The paintings feature Cranbury scenery, including Brainerd Lake, historic homes on Main Street, The Cranbury Inn, Haggerty’s Florist, the Cranbury…

  • Towns deserve right to enact smoking bans

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 9 By: Packet Editorial    When we heard this week that rebellious pub-goers in County Cork have started a movement to flaunt Ireland’s three-month-old ban on smoking in public places, it got us to thinking: How is it that these smokers will be hit with stiff fines for lighting up in the pubs…

  • Cranbury School aids softball sweep

    By: Rich Fisher    While the Cranbury School did not have a scintillating won-lost record this past spring, several of the young players (and there were a lot of them) gained valuable experience that is helping their efforts in the District 12 tournament.    "It helped me a lot," said Deanna Boehm, the Vikings starting pitcher who…

  • A quiet space

    Artist makes a big statement in the most subtle of ways. By: Michael Redmond    "I think of libraries as quiet places to think and read," said the noted Princeton artist Margaret Kennard Johnson, very quietly, during an interview in the Quiet Room of the Princeton Public Library.    Complementing the quiet environment of the Quiet Room…

  • Cactus growth is somewhat thorny

    Plant is thriving in resident’s yard despite unorthodox conditions By:Matthew Kirdahy    In Kendall Park, Arlene Shulman looked over a cactus in her yard Friday that will forever remind her of her mom. The cactus’s tough skin, prickly thorns and brilliant yellow flowers reveal signs of the woman who forced Ms. Shulman to bring the plant…

  • Sessions set on Gamma-Tech Superfund cleanup

    Federal EPA slates two Thursday meetings in Montgomery. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The federal Environmental Protection Agency will hold two joint availability sessions to provide residents an opportunity to ask questions and express concerns about the Princeton Gamma-Tech Superfund cleanup process, a bulletin posted on the township’s Web site said.    The two sessions are…

  • P-C 15’s win opener but lose to Hamilton

    By: Bob Nuse    HOPEWELL — Mario Fiorentini, manager of the Princeton-Cranbury 15-year-old Babe Ruth all-stars, knew how important it was to get off to a good start in the District One tournament, which began on Saturday in Hopewell.    So did his pitcher.    With starting pitcher Danny Etherton tossing eight-hit baseball over six innings, P-C used…

  • Township may create Kingston historic district

    Township Council seeks to preserve historic character of 90 houses By:Matthew Kirdahy    The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would create a commission to preserve the historic character of about 90 houses in Kingston.    The proposed ordinance, which will be up for adoption Aug. 3, calls for establishing a Historic Preservation Commission that would…